7BR

Specialises in clinical negligence, medical law personal injury and cases involving abuse of those in care. Leslie is an acknowledged expert in quantum , particularly in very high value claims. Experience includes catastrophic brain injury arising from trauma or from hypoxia and a wide variety of clinical negligence and personal injury cases. Recent cases include: Pridmore v Abertawe & Bro Morgannwg (cerebral palsy case); Keenor v Able (failure to diagnose subarachnoid haemorrhage); Re H (withdrawal of treatment case); Fofannah v Tesco Stores (woman who suffered brain damage from carbon monoxide poisoning); Jones v University College Hospital London (claimant rendered tetraplegic as a result of intraoperative spinal cord damage) C v Mayday Hospital NI-IS Trust (young woman who lost her sight completely as a result of failure to diagnose a subgalaleal haemorrhage.

Qualified 1989; Middle Temple Inn. Before coming to the bar, worked as a neurophysiologist. Having qualified as a barrister, worked as a caseworker for AvMA. Editorial Board of the journal of Personal Injury Law, principal lecturer for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for newly qualified consultants. Leslie regularly organises seminars for lawyers and healthcare professionals working in the field of clinical negligence and personal injury.

AvMA; Editorial Board of Facts and figures; Qualifications Committee of the Bar Standards Board; Education Committee of the Bar Standards Board; CPD Sub-Committee of the Bar Standards Board; pupillage sub-committee of the BSB.